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The sonsבְּנֵיof Judah:יְהוּדָהPerez,פֶּרֶץHezron,חֶצְרוֹןCarmi,וְכַרְמִיHur,וְחוּרand Shobal.וְשׁוֹבָל
1 Chronicles 4:1
Study it in the app“The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.”
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1 Chronicles 4:1, word by word
- The sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- Perezפֶּרֶץperets
Perez
Perez, "breach": a son of Judah and Tamar, ancestor of King David.
Where else “perets” appears- Hezronחֶצְרוֹןchetsron
Hezron
Hezron, the name of a son of Reuben and of a grandson of Judah, an ancestor of David; also a place in Judah.
Where else “chetsron” appears- Carmiכַרְמִיcharmi
Carmi
Carmi, the name of a son of Reuben and of other Israelites, among them the father of Achan.
Where else “charmi” appears- Hurחוּרchur
Hur
Hur, a name borne by several men, among them the man of the tribe of Judah who, with Aaron, held up the hands of Moses (Exodus 17:12), and a king of Midian (Numbers 31:8).
Where else “chur” appears- and Shobalשׁוֹבָלshoval
Shobal
Shobal, a son of Seir the Horite; also Israelites.
Where else “shoval” appears
Translation note
They are not five brothers: it is a line of descendants of Judah (Perez, his son; Hezron, his grandson…), as chapter 2 shows.
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And Reaiah the son of Shobal fathered Jahath, and Jahath fathered Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.